Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
New Zealand National Party - Latest News [Page 459]
Brash Wins Court Order Blocking Email Publication
Friday, 17 November 2006, 2:35 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader Don Brash has obtained a High Court order restraining the publication or distribution of copies of email correspondence which is believed to have been stolen from his computer. More >>
Get serious about graffiti - bring on the tag-cams
Friday, 17 November 2006, 1:21 pm | New Zealand National Party
Wellington-based National MP Mark Blumsky is calling for an urgent Government response to the growing problem of graffiti vandalism following the report of the Local Government and Environment Committee recommending that the Manukau City Council (Control of ... More >>
The Mapp Report - 17 November 2006
Friday, 17 November 2006, 11:58 am | New Zealand National Party
The Environment and the Market; What can we do?; A game of two halves?; North Shore feedback More >>
NewsWorthy - 17 November 2006
Friday, 17 November 2006, 11:54 am | New Zealand National Party
Waterfront Stadium Shows Hubris; The police discretion to prosecute; Unbridled Government; Political Quote of the Week More >>
Where’s the problem-gambling report?
Friday, 17 November 2006, 11:37 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Internal Affairs spokeswoman Sandra Goudie says Damien O’Connor should say if his office is busy censoring the Health Ministry’s report into the overpayment of groups dealing with problem gamblers. More >>
Housing rort: Still waiting for answers
Friday, 17 November 2006, 11:29 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says he is still waiting for honest answers from Housing Minister Chris Carter about when Housing New Zealand became aware of allegations about a subletting rort in Christchurch. More >>
AWOL Minister for Auckland clocks up air miles
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 4:07 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party MP Bill English has released figures showing the Minister for Auckland issues, Judith Tizard, has the second highest domestic travel bill of any Labour Minister since 2000. More >>
The great early childhood hoax
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:49 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Labour Government cannot deliver on its promise to provide 86,000 toddlers with access to 20 hours free childcare, says National’s Associate Education spokesman, Tau Henare. More >>
Cancer treatment by postcode unacceptable
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:37 pm | New Zealand National Party
Cancer patients facing a wait of more than eight weeks for radiation treatment should be offered treatment in Australia, says National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. More >>
Parker displays breathtaking hypocrisy
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:34 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Environment spokesman Nick Smith says David Parker has “displayed hypocrisy of breathtaking proportions on the world stage” with his call for international co-operation on climate change. More >>
Alleged housing rort: Who knew what, when?
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:16 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley is calling on Jim Anderton and Ruth Dyson to reveal when they found out about the alleged housing scam that’s been uncovered in Christchurch. More >>
Clark, Anderton must explain tenure review motives
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:44 am | New Zealand National Party
A Cabinet paper shows Labour wants to cut the cost of tenure review by increasing rentals so the leases are worth substantially less when the Government comes to buy them out, says National Agriculture spokesman David Carter. More >>
Minister must come clean on subletting rorts
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 10:39 am | New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley says Housing Minister Chris Carter should say whether he retains confidence in Housing New Zealand as yet another alleged subletting rort comes to light. More >>
Time for ministers to act on health strikes
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 8:55 am | New Zealand National Party
National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, wants Government ministers to do something about the continuing industrial disruption in the health sector instead of just sitting on their hands. More >>
Time for ministers to act on health strikes
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 5:20 pm | New Zealand National Party
National’s Industrial Relations spokesman, Wayne Mapp, wants Government ministers to do something about the continuing industrial disruption in the health sector instead of just sitting on their hands. More >>
Labour ignores 19-year-old fines, reparation
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 5:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is ignoring hundreds of thousands of unpaid fines, some of which date back 19 years, says National’s Law & Order spokesman, Simon Power. More >>
More bad news for aged-care sector
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 4:50 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Ministry of Health does not measure whether or not the funding it provides matches the cost to the sector of providing aged-care services, says National’s Associate Health spokeswoman (Aged Care), Jo Goodhew. More >>
Customary fish take ‘unknown’
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:52 pm | New Zealand National Party
National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley says Labour is exercising a flagrant double standard in the way it tracks and enforces the fish takes from our coastal waters. More >>
Hodgson should tell truth on primary care strategy
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:48 pm | New Zealand National Party
Health Minister Pete Hodgson’s praise for a Commonwealth Fund survey today stands in stark contrast to his own advice to Cabinet criticising the slow progress of the Government’s primary health care strategy, says National’s Health spokesman, ... More >>
Minister disinterested in women’s prisons
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 3:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Corrections Minister Damien O’Connor shows a disappointing disinterest in the women’s prison system by his failure to answer simple questions about his portfolio, says National MP Katherine Rich. More >>
